Peter W. de Langen

Towards a Better Port Industry (eBook, PDF)

Port Development, Management and Policy

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Towards a Better Port Industry provides professionals in freight transport and maritime logistics, and specifically the port industry, as well as students in these fields with a better conceptual understanding of the port industry.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 302
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136001444
• Artikelnr.: 59064023

Autorenporträt

Peter W. de Langen is the owner and principal consultant of Ports & Logistics Advisory and professor (part-time) at Copenhagen Business School. Peter has worked for leading companies and governments in the ports industry, and is considered a thought leader on ports and port development. He is co-director of the leading port knowledge platform www.porteconomics.eu.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Ports in global supply chains 2 Getting port governance right 3 Drivers of change in the ports industry 4 Port development: concepts and insights 5 Strategies of port development companies

Rezensionen

"In a world where ports are confronting challenges from changing markets, competition, technology and issues of security and sustainability, it is becoming ever more important that the public and private actors in the industry equip themselves with the knowledge skills to successfully steer their businesses. This book provides professionals and students alike with an understanding of the issues in port administration and gives clear solutions and best practices. This book is a must read for port industry professionals and scholars alike" - Brian Slack, Concordia University, Canada

"A modern and well-rounded book on the port industry. Peter de Langen brings a fresh look into traditional topics such as port governance and gives an insight into current technologies, which are reshaping the role of ports and the industry" - Duna Uribe, Executive Commercial Director, Pecém Industrial Port Complex, Brazil

"Peter De Langen's new book provides an impressive round-up of the key challenges seaports are facing today, from concentration among shipping lines to societal demands on the sustainability of port operation, and how the port industry should respond." - Dr. Jan Hoffmann, Chief, Trade Logistics Branch, Division on Technology and Logistics, UNCTAD, Switzerland

"In this book Peter de Langen explores the complexities of ports as business ecosystems and offers an in-depth view on how ports contribute to the increase of trade, by providing Added Value services to make consumers and producers better off." - Santiago Garcia-Mila, Subdirector General, Estrategia I Comercial, Port de Barcelona, Spain